FEATURE:
A Great Array of Stunning Talent…
The Great Escape 2022 Playlist
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IT is the time of the year…
IN THIS PHOTO: Baby Queen
when festivals start to announce their line-ups. Luckily, it seems like many are in a confident position to go ahead this year. One of the most interesting festivals is The Great Escape. Based in Brighton, its biggest strength is the bill. So much great new and rising talent sit alongside one another across so many different styles and scenes. This year’s announcement and line-up is among the most exciting and golden yet:
“The Great Escape 2022 line up is getting bigger and better, with 100 artists added to the bill. Featuring some of the most exciting names in the world of new music, we’ll be joined in Brighton this May by the likes of Yard Act, Lola Young, The Amazons, Crawlers, Rebecca Black and more!
From the UK live return of American queer hyperpop artist Rebecca Black, to rock riffs and licks from Reading’s The Amazons, The Great Escape 2022 line-up champions upcoming talent from a wide variety of genres. Artists announced include Gen Z grunge pop singer Baby Queen, observational and acerbic post punk from Leeds’ Yard Act, post-punk poet Sinead O’Brien, TikTok star-turned-solo musician Abby Roberts, Scottish singer-songwriter Dylan Fraser, rising star Lola Young, American singer-songwriter Indigo De Souza, Liverpool alt rockers Crawlers, Irish rapper Malaki, Belfast post-punk rockers Enola Gay, folk-rock singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham and many many more incredible artists.
The Great Escape will make it’s long awaited return on May 11th – 14th. With more than 250 acts still to be announced, there’s much more to come for The Great Escape 2022.
3 days festival tickets are available now. Secure your spot with us this May by snapping up your tickets here!
See the full list of new line up additions below:
ABBY ROBERTS / ALEX AMOR / AZURE RYDER / BABY QUEEN / BAD WAITRESS / BALIMAYA PROJECT / BALMING TIGER / BANKS ARCADE / BLAIR DAVIE / BLEACH LAB / BONNIE KEMPLAY / BRYAN’S MUSIC TEARS / BUDJERAH / CAT BURNS / CHRISTIAN LEE HUSTON / COACH PARTY / COCO AND THE LOST / CRAWLERS / DAMOS ROOM / DEAD PONY / DOWNTOWN KAYOTO / DYLAN FRASER / ELI SMART / ENGLISH TEACHER / ENOLA GAY / FITZROY HOLT / FRANKIE BEETLESTONE / GEN & THE DEGENERATES / GRACE CUMMINGS / GROVE / HMD / HONEYGLAZE / ILLUMINATI HOTTIES / INDIGO DE SOUZA/ IRIS GOLD / JOE & THE SHITBOYS / JOY ANONYMOUS / KATHLEEN FRANCES / KATHRYN JOSEPH / KATY J PEASON / KIDDUS / KINGS ELLIOT / KYNSY / L’OBJECTIF / LITTLE QUIRKS / LOCK-IN / LOKOY / LUCY GOOCH / LUCY MCWILLIAMS / MADI SASKIA /MADISON CUNNINGHAM / MALAKI / MARGO CILKER / MARIA BC / MARK CAKE / MATTIEL / MEGAN WYN / MEMES / MICKEY CASLLISTO / MURMAN TSULADZE / NEONE THE WONDERER / NUTRIBE / ORIONS BELTE / PANIC SHACK / PHOEBE GREEN / PIRI & TOMMY VILLIERS / PIXEY / PLUMM / PORCHES / PORCHLIGHT / PORTRON PORTRON LOPEZ / POUTYFACE / PRIMA QUEEN / QUINZEQUINZE / REBECCA BLACK / ROLLA / SAD BOYS CLUB / SHAKIRA ALLEYNE / SINEAD O’BRIEN / SOFT CULT / SOFY / SPRINTS / SWIM SCHOOL / TAAHLIAH / TAMZENE / TEAM PICTURE / THE AMAZONS / THE BOBBY TENDERLOIN UNIVERSE / THE BYKER GROVE FAN CLUB / THE GOA EXPRESS / THE LET GO / THE SHAKES / THE VANNS / TOMMY LEFROY / ULTRA Q / VLURE / YARD ACT
You can see the full line up for The Great Escape 2022 so far here
Also announced today is The Road To The Great Escape. Join us in Glasgow and Dublin for a series of live music showcases in the lead up to the return of TGE in Brighton this May. Find out more about The Road To The Great Escape here”.
Because the names were announced today, this playlist is a song from those on the bill. If you are able to go along, you will be treated to so much terrific music! Not only are there are a few more established acts; there are some artists coming through that many might not have seen live or know too much about. The Great Escape is one of the U.K.’s best and most varied festivals. On the line-up this year are some…
IN THIS PHOTO: Cat Burns
MAJOR artists of the future.